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As They Lay Dying

Breast cancer activists rage at Genentech for withholding an experimental drug

Topic of Cancer

South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

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South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

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South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

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South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

Breast cancer sucks, and so does Tough Titty

South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

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South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

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South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

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South San Francisco biotech firm Genentech just says no to women battling breast cancer

Hospital's Hindsight: 20/20

Hospital removes man's cancerous prostate. Two months later, doctors say he didn't have cancer after all

Lipstick Thespians

This year's DIVAfest isn't all about lip gloss and halter tops

Free the Science!

A UCSF professor organizes a scientific boycott to protest apparent censorship of a study that suggests a link between working at IBM and dying of cancer

Beaming in on The Cure

A new type of radiation therapy, developed by a Bay Area company, shows astonishing promise in fighting cancer

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N'Scintillating

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Get in Shape for a Good Cause

Letters to the Editor

Week of August 7, 2002

The Revolutionary Test for Lung Cancer

... the medical establishment doesn’t want you to have. Yet.

Dying to Know

As a young doctor's tragic fate makes clear, a lack of information about hepatitis B has put many Asian-American lives at risk

Best Urban Beach

Dolores Park

The Cheetah Club

How a rare group of spotted patients and a small cadre of persistent doctors could help change the face of cancer research

Genes Without Frontiers

The so-called gene chip could revolutionize the way we treat cancer patients. That is, if biotech firms don't keep it out of doctors' hands.

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Good News For Your Prostate: You Can Have Your Omega-3 Fatty Acid And Eat it Too

UCSF researchers have taken this off the prostate blacklistAnyone creating a videogame football roster from scratch knows how it goes: You make him strong, he's going to be slow; you give him speed he's going to be easily tackled; you give him arm strength, he's going to get busted mid-season for a ... More >>

Chronic City: California, Cannabis, and Cancer -- Cause for Concern?

norml.orgCancer cure, or cause?When the bureaucrats over at the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) classified marijuana smoke as a carcinogen last Friday, it predictably made headlines worldwide. But how much does the classification really mean, and should medical us ... More >>

No Beastie Boys at Outside Lands: MCA Has Cancer

Bad news from the Beastie Boys camp this morning. Adam "MCA" Yauch has been diagnosed with cancer--he has a tumor in his left parotid (salivary) gland. The good news is doctors found the cancerous tumor early, it doesn't sound to have spread to other parts of his body, and surgeons and are prepared ... More >>

Outside Lands Asks Public for Headliner Suggestions

Now that the Beastie Boys have pulled out of Outside Lands, announcing the bad news that MCA has to undergo treatment for cancer of the parotid (salivary) gland, the festival has turned to the public to ask what artists should be considered as replacements for Sunday night's big finale. Outside Land ... More >>

'Tasty Temptations' at Friday's Beats for Boobs Fundraiser at 111 Minna

The Cake GalleryChocolate Breasts cake from The Cake Gallery​Beats for Boobs is the attention-getting name for a cutting-edge breast cancer event this Friday. Expect an evening of fire performances, a fashion show, a prize-dispensing Boobie Wheel, and DJs at this annual benefit for the Breast ... More >>

Study: Elderly Women With Dementia Subjected to Unneeded Mammograms

Breast cancer, a UCSF study claims, is not always a woman's biggest problem​A U.C. San Francisco study published last week in the American Journal of Public Health counter-intuitively posits two fascinating conclusions. A survey of thousands of women nationwide indicates that, among elderly women ... More >>

Giants To Bag It at Potrero Center Safeway Today

www.mccoveychronicles.comHe will bag you​The sensation of having a multimillionaire bag your groceries is a rare one, indeed, so rare that The Snitch has no idea what such bliss could possibly feel like. And we won't until later today at the Potrero Center Safeway -- which was once a baseball fiel ... More >>

Workers' comp covers retired cops who get cancer

www.mccoveychronicles.comHe will bag you​The sensation of having a multimillionaire bag your groceries is a rare one, indeed, so rare that The Snitch has no idea what such bliss could possibly feel like. And we won't until later today at the Potrero Center Safeway -- which was once a baseball fiel ... More >>

Go Nancy! Go Nancy!

www.mccoveychronicles.comHe will bag you​The sensation of having a multimillionaire bag your groceries is a rare one, indeed, so rare that The Snitch has no idea what such bliss could possibly feel like. And we won't until later today at the Potrero Center Safeway -- which was once a baseball fiel ... More >>

Pink Handcuffs? That's How We Roll in San Francisco.

Jim HerdDo those cuffs clash with your ensemble? The arrest is off! ​Football fans may have noticed the jarring sight of NFL teams outfitted with pink accouterments of late as a nod to Breast Cancer Awareness. And folks who get arrested in the park may have noticed cops donning the pink handcuffs ... More >>

Carly Fiorina Hospitalized

No campaign pit stop...​In a role reversal from having angry nurses follow her around the state, Carly Fiorina has opted to visit them instead. The Republican Senate candidate's campaign confirmed that the breast cancer survivor was undergoing treatment due to an infection related to reconstructiv ... More >>

Fire Truck Circling the Globe for Charity, Stops in San Francisco

The engine that could​There's no better way to shakedown people for money -- and be sure to get it -- than putting on firefighters hat and don the trouser-jacket combination. But here's a guy from London, England who has decided to skip wearing the turnout gear and instead raise money for lung can ... More >>

Apple Board Pressured to Say Who Will Replace Steve Jobs

Who could replace him?​Last week, photos of a pale and gaunt-looking Steve Jobs circulated the Internet; Apple stocks dropped and investors panicked about the state Jobs' health. With that in play, investor groups are pressuring the Apple board to tell us who will replace him. The Apple CEO has be ... More >>

National Cancer Institute Says Marijuana Is a Cancer-Fighter, Then Backpedals

This will help fight cancer, until the feds say it won't​So you think the federal government prevaricates over what to do in Libya? As mixed as many of the government's messages are, the feds really can't take a solid stance when it comes to marijuana. Earlier this month, the National Cancer Inst ... More >>

Cell Phones Are as Carcinogenic as Coffee

If the death rays don't get you, the talcum powder will.​Paranoid San Franciscans who have long sought affirmation that radio waves threaten public health finally got a hat tip from the World Health Organization, which now says cell phones are "possibly carcinogenic."But before you throw your iPho ... More >>

Tonight: See Great Local Bands, Help Indie Mart Founder Kelly Malone Battle Cancer

Kelly Malone​It would be easy enough to say, "Oh, yeah, the Sandwitches, Royal Baths, Art Museums, Carletta Sue Kay, and Social Studies are playing a gig tonight, you should go." But this is even easier, because tonight's show at the Independent is a benefit to help someone of great importance ... More >>

Beer a Secret Weapon in Breast Cancer Fight, Hopes Breastfest

Breastfest​Fighters of breast cancer are again pulling out their secret weapon: beer. The annual Breastfest will soon be upon us, with more than 40 breweries, several hundred beers, and live music aligning on July 2 to fight one of the most feared diseases. We can't say truthfully that the mo ... More >>

Eric Quezada, Former Supervisor Candidate, Seeks Alternative Cancer Treatment in Germany

Eric Quezada is fighting cancer overseas. ​Looking at Eric Quezada's career over the last couple years, you certainly wouldn't have guessed he'd been fighting cancer since 2004. The long-time Mission activist and executive director with Dolores Street Community Services ran a failed campaign for s ... More >>

S.F. Komen Affiliates "Thrilled" to Continue Funding Planned Parenthood

​The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation relieved its six California affiliates today when it pledged to reverse its unpopular policy to stop funding Planned Parenthood and its breast cancer prevention programs.During Komen's grant review process, the foundation decided that any organizations b ... More >>